Anaphylactic Shock due to a massive overdose of controlled drugs. That’s the official cause of death given by pathologist Dr. Mario Estradabran, following autopsies conducted on the bodies of two men who died within hours of each other on Saturday at the Karl Heusner Memorial hospital. According to police press officer G. Michael Reid, the […]
Football players under the age of eighteen from the Cayo District will get an opportunity to take part in an international soccer tournament. Organisers of the annual San Ignacio/Santa Elena Municipal fair have included a quadrangular tournament as part of the event scheduled for next weekend. According to sports coordinator for the Town Council, Earl […]
There is a fresh collection of local music hot off the CD burner, and if you’re into reggae or dancehall, then the works of Belmopan artist Reddadan is a must for your library. After months of writing the songs and arranging the musical compositions, the album “Moving Forward” was last week released to the public. […]
Pageants: they’re a way of life in Belize, and whether or not you’re a fan, the one coming up this weekend will raise funds for what we know is a good cause. Patrick Jones, Reporting Five beautiful young ladies will take to the stage on Friday night in a contest to help the Belize City […]
When she first appeared on stage last night viewers realized that if her voice was as beautiful as her dress, then Burrel Boom’s Melonie Gillett would have no problem becoming KTV’s ninth semi-finalist. Here’s your chance to check out both, as her victory was announced by host William Neal. William Neal, Host, KTV ?Our winner […]
It’s the best news that Belmopan has received in a long time: a clear and decisive ruling by Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh that a temporary injunction issued by a U.S. Federal Court in Miami placing Jeffrey Prosser back in charge of B.T.L. is neither enforceable nor effective in Belize. The Supreme Court ruling gives the […]
It could be described as a “wake up call” to the Prime Minister, Jeffrey Prosser and Michael Ashcroft…except this morning there weren’t any wake up calls–or calls of any type, as one or more B.T.L. employees sabotaged the network of land lines, cellular service and internet for around four hours this morning. The technical action […]
We’ve seen it in the movies and heard accounts from places like Colombia…but the death of a drug mule by the rupturing of plastic bags in his stomach is a new phenomenon for Belize. Tonight we report not one, but two such tragedies. News 5?s Jacqueline Woods has more. Natalie UH, Mother ?He called me […]
He has been missing now for twelve days and tonight the family of twenty-eight-year-old Daniel Tillett is asking for your help in locating him. According to relatives of the Blackman Eddy resident, Daniel, who has a history of mental problems, was last seen on March third in the Belmopan area. His brother, Darrell Tillett, today […]
Police have arrested and charged an eighteen-year-old Belize City man in connection with the armed robbery of a Bowen and Bowen delivery truck over the weekend. According to the driver of the soft drink truck, he was making deliveries in the St. Martin de Porres area on Saturday morning when two men held him up […]
Over the years numerous initiatives have been taken to diagnose the root causes of crime and produce solutions to solve the problem. But tonight, one local author claims that he’s spent the last eight years, not to mention more than a hundred thousand dollars, conducting scientific research on Belize’s youth and, guess what, his study […]
The old capital, a rough and tumble settlement that gradually grew out of the Mangrove Swamp, never has had much in the way of space for parks and recreation. And what open space we do have is hardly anything to boast about. That’s why any effort to improve the situation is a welcome one. News […]
He received the news on Friday that a U.S. Federal Court in Miami has ordered the Belize Government to return control of Belize Telecommunications Ltd. to Jeffrey Prosser. Today Prime Minister Said Musa–himself an attorney–chose to put a different spin on the decision and continued to maintain that with a little bit of goodwill, everything […]
As the Prime Minister examines his options, workers at B.T.L. say they are fed up with foreign ownership and will settle for nothing less than putting the company back in Belizean hands. President of Belize Communication Workers Union, Paul Perriot and Management Representative Dale Trujeque, say it’s time for the Prime Minister to act on […]
While B.T.L. workers were pushing Belmopan for local ownership, the National Trade Union Congress announced plans to keep up the pressure on Government over increased taxes. According to a release received this evening from the N.T.U.C.B., the Public Service Union is instituting an indefinite go slow/work to rule action effective immediately. The N.T.U.C.B. has also […]
He was no stranger to the public, as a New Year’s Eve altercation with security men at the Princess Hotel was headline news in the media. But tonight twenty-two-year-old Eder Alamilla is dead, the victim of what appears to be a suicide by gunshot as he sat in his car near the unfinished St. Anthony’s […]
San Ignacio police have still not yet charged anyone in connection with the murder of sixty-three-year-old U.S. national Donald Kostecki. Kostecki, a deacon with the Sacred Heart Parish in San Ignacio, was found around eight Friday morning, lying near his pickup truck at his home in the Kontiki Extension Area of the town. The body […]
Belize City police have arrested and charged two men following the robbery of a restaurant on Friday night. Twenty-four-year-old Jian Quang Chen of a West street address told police that shortly before midnight on Friday he was inside his establishment, the Sunshine Restaurant, when two men entered and robbed him of cash and jewellery. Police […]
Sixty-seven fishermen, members at the National Fisherman’s Cooperative, will be involved in the co-management of two of the country’s leading marine protected areas. The sites, located at the Lighthouse Reef Atoll, are the Half Moon Caye Natural Monument and the Blue Hole Natural Monument. The news came at ceremonies marking the first disbursement of forty […]
We import too much food from abroad and much of that food is bad for us. And while that’s not exactly news to anyone who’s walked the aisles of a supermarket, what is worth noting is that this week in Belize City a number of nations are getting together to try to do something about […]
There?s a new promotion at Courts and on Saturday morning it got off to a flying start. The contestant, Urvilla Kelly, chose one of five treasure chests, not knowing which one held the top prize of five thousand dollars and which held lesser amounts of cash. Raphael Martinez, Host, Courts Treasure Chest ?It has to […]
James Adderley, Reporting Good evening, I?m James Adderley and you?ve logged on to Sports Monday. We don?t know why most of the main stream media has chosen to ignore the King of the Ballers Tournament at Big Birds Isle, but it certainly features the best in Belizean Basketball at this time. If you don?t believe […]
The final bell has not yet rung in the legal boxing match between Jeffrey Prosser and the Government of Belize…but so far Prosser is ahead on points…way ahead. Today a Federal Court in Miami ruled in favour of the U.S. Virgin Islands based tycoon and ordered G.O.B. to remove its newly appointed board members, retaining […]
More information is emerging about the crash of a commuter plane in the sea off Belize City. Specifically, what made it go down and how did the passengers get out? News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This morning the Tropic Air Cessna Caravan that went down into the sea soon after its take […]
It is hard to imagine the panic and confusion that occurred inside the overturned Cessna Caravan as passengers tried to feel their way out of the aircraft. The plane?s windows had broken on impact and the inside of the aircraft started to fill with water and debris causing visibility to be very poor. But thanks […]
